Garment-fastener.



D. BASGH.

GARMENT PASTENBR.

APPLICATION FILED DOT-8, 190s.

1,059,448. 1 Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

UNTTED STATES DAVID BASGH, or ivnw YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

Specification of Ietters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

Application filed October 8, 1908. Serial No. 456,736.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID BASOI-I, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, county of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in garment fasteners and particularly to a new and improved form of belt pin designed for the purpose of retaining the band of a skirt or similar garment in position upon a wearer, and the combination therewith of a belt for holding the lower portion of the waist in position.

The device is provided with a pin or other fastening means by which it may be secured to the lower portion of the corset of a wearer and has a hook like projection for engaging the belt or band of the skirt or skirt and petticoats, the hook being preferably pivoted to the body of the device and provided with a spring means for normally depressing it, the pivoting permitting the more ready adjustment of the garments in position and the spring actuation causing the hook to lie normally as close as possible to the body of the device. I also preferably employ a belt or band in connection with the device, such belt or band being connected at opposite ends to the body of the fastener and arranged to encircle the waist of the wearer whereby it will have the function of retaining the waist in position. The belt thus employed also tends to steady the garment fastener, as a whole, as will be well understood.

In order that my invention may be fully comprehended, I will now proceed to describe certain embodiments thereof, having reference to the accompanying drawingsillustrating the same, and will then point out the novel features in claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a face view of the garment fastener with the belt removed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the belt or band engaging hook as rigid instead of spring pivoted. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a spring pivoted hook but having the parts to which the belt or pin is adapted to be connected made integral with the main structure instead of being pivotally connected thereto as appears in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a side view of the form of fastener shown 1in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 shows the fastener in position upon a wearer.

The device comprises a supporting plate 10 to which is connected any suitable form iof fastening device such as a pin 11 by which the device may be secured to the 1 lower end of the corset of the wearer. The pin is here shown as of the safety pin form and is secured to the lower end of the plate 10. Other forms of pins or fastening devices may, of course, be employed. At its, upper end, the plate 10 has pivotally con nected thereto at 12 a garment retaining hook 13 and the said hook is normally forced downward in a direction toward the plate 10 by means of a spring tongue 14; which, in the example of my invention here shown, is struck up from the plate 10 and bears against a projection 15 carried by the hook 18 upon the opposite side of its pivot 12. The belt 16 with which the device is pro vided is preferably connected at one end to an element 17 which is pivotally connected to the plate 10, and at its other end is provided with a ring 18 by which it may be looped onto a hook 19 which is pivotally connected to the plate 10 at a point in line with the element 17 but upon the opposite side of the said plat-e. The device is placed in position upon the wearer in the manner shown in the drawing, the pin or other fastening device 11 being secured to the corset through the lower end of the shirtwaist and any undergarments beneath the same and above the corset. The belt is then caused to encircle the waist and looped into position upon the hook 19. Thereafter, the over skirt, and if desired, one or more under skirts or petticoats, may be placed in position and the belts and bands thereof inserted beneath the hook 18. The hook 13 being pivoted, may be raised in order to readily admit the belts or bands of the garments, the spring 1 1 tending to force the hook downward into position after the parts have been so adjusted. The usual outer belt may now be employed to hide the face of the hook 13.

It will be readily understood from the foregoing that not only will the belts or bands of the skirt or skirts be kept in position, but the belt 16 will also serve to hold the shirtwaist at the side and rear from riding up. The pivotal connection between the elements 17 and 19 and the plate 10 will readily permit a freedom of movement, such as is desirable and will cause the belt or band 16 to always lie flat in whatever position the fastener may be put while the pivoted hook '13 will not only allow the ready insertion of the garments as has already been explained, but will always permit practically any thickness of garment or garments to be inserted thereunder such as would not be true if the hook were a rigid one. If these advantages which accrue from pivoting the various parts are not found necessary, the device may be made with a rigid hook as is shown at 20 in Fig. 2, in place of the pivot hook 13 of the other figures, and similarly the end of the belt 16 may be secured to a slot 21 formed directly in the plate 10, and the ring 18 looped onto a stationary hook 22 also formed directly upon the said plate 10, as is shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

What I claim is:

1. A garment fastener comprising a flat supporting plate, means at the lower edge thereof for securing said plate to the clothing of a wearer, a garment retaining hook pivotally connected with the upper edge of the plate, a spring for pressing said hook against the plate, and a belt having its ends pivotally connected'with the sides of said supporting plate.

2. A garment fastener comprising a supporting plate, a fastening device which projects from the lower edge thereof to fasten the body piece to a garment upon a wearer at the rear of the body piece, a pivoted band-engaging-hook arranged on the upper edge of said plate for engagement with a skirt band or the like to depress the same against the plate, and a belt adapted to encircle the waist of the 'wearer,one end of the said belt being permanently, and the other end of the said belt being removably, connected to the said plate, intermediate said upper and lower edges thereof.

3. A garment fastener comprising a supporting plate, a safety pin at the lower edge thereof for securing the same upon a wearer, a band-engaging-hoo-k having one end pivotally connected to the upper edge of said plate, a spring engaging the pivot end of said hook, the other end of the hook normally lying in contact with the opposite end of said spring, a belt secured at one end to one side of the plate, and means for removably connecting the other end of said belt with the other side of said plate.

DAVID BASCH.

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